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La Leona

Introduction

La Leona, the title of Cesario Gussago’s Canzona XIX, refers to the Venetian lion. Predominantly chordal in style, Gussago’s writing is highly attractive in its interplay between the two opposing choirs of instruments. The title may have been his idea—or that of his publisher, trying to make the work more saleable to the Venetian public!

Recordings

With cornetts, sackbuts and an all-male consort, Paul McCreesh, the Gabrieli Consort's New Venetian Coronation takes advantage of huge developments in early instruments, performance techniques and research into the pieces that were on the original ...» More

The King’s Consort celebrates Ascension Day in Venice during the 16th century, when the city was symbolically wedded to the sea, with a glorious musical feast on an epic scale, featuring works by Giovanni and Andrea Gabrieli, peals of Venetian chu ...» More